BILL NUMBER: SB 1089	CHAPTERED  07/28/99

	CHAPTER   211
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   MAY 24, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 15, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bowen

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Section 16206 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to children's services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1089, Bowen.  Post traumatic stress disorder education and
training program.
   Existing law generally regulates services for the care of
children, including vesting the State Department of Social Services
with various responsibilities relating to the placement and care of
children in the state foster care system.  Existing law requires the
department to select and award a grant to a private nonprofit or
public entity to establish and implement statewide coordinated
training programs for county child protective service social workers
that address critical issues affecting the well-being of children.
Existing law specifies the subjects to be included in that training.

   This bill would require the department to include post traumatic
stress disorder in children among the subjects covered by the
training programs.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 16206 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   16206.  (a) The purpose of the program is to develop and implement
statewide coordinated training programs designed specifically to
meet the needs of county child protective service social workers
assigned emergency response, family maintenance, family
reunification, permanent placement, and adoption responsibilities.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the program include training
for other agencies under contract with county welfare departments to
provide child welfare services.  In addition, the program shall
provide training programs for persons defined as mandated child abuse
reporters pursuant to Sections 11165 and following of the Penal
Code.  The program shall provide the following services to the extent
possible within the total allocation.  If allocations are
insufficient, the department, in consultation with the grantee or
grantees and the Child Welfare Training Advisory Board, shall
prioritize the efforts of the program, giving primary attention to
the most urgently needed services.  However, county child protective
service social workers assigned emergency response responsibilities
shall receive first priority for training pursuant to this act.
   (b) The program shall provide practice-relevant training for
mandated child abuse reporters and all members of the child welfare
delivery system which will address critical issues affecting the
well-being of children, and shall develop curriculum materials and
training resources for use in meeting staff development needs of
mandated child abuse reporters and child welfare personnel in public
and private agency settings.
   This training shall include all of the following:
   (1) Crisis intervention.
   (2) Investigative techniques.
   (3) Rules of evidence.
   (4) Indicators of abuse and neglect.
   (5) Assessment criteria, including the application of guidelines
for assessment of relatives for placement according to the criteria
described in Section 361.3.
   (6) Intervention strategies.
   (7) Legal requirements of child protection, including requirements
of child abuse reporting laws.
   (8) Case management.
   (9) Using community resources.
   (10) Information regarding the dynamics and effects of domestic
violence upon families and children.
   (11) Post traumatic stress disorder and the causes, symptoms, and
treatment of post traumatic stress disorder in children.
   The training may also include any or all of the following:
   (1) Child development and parenting.
   (2) Intake, interviewing, and initial assessment.
   (3) Casework and treatment.
   (4) Medical aspects of child abuse and neglect.
   (c) Prior to January 1, 1989, the department shall provide the
Legislative Analyst and the Select Committee on Children and Youth
with a listing of the counties participating in the program,
including the number of persons trained in each county.
   (d) The training program shall assess the program's performance at
least annually and forward it to the State Department of Social
Services for an evaluation and report to the Legislative Analyst.
The first report shall be forwarded to the Legislative Analyst no
later than January 1, 1990, and on the first of January in any
subsequent years.  The assessment shall include at minimum the
following:
   (1) The number of persons trained.
   (2) The type of training provided.
   (3) The degree to which the training is perceived by participants
as useful in practice.
   (e) The training program shall provide practice-relevant training
to county child protective service social workers who screen
referrals for child abuse or neglect and for all workers assigned to
provide emergency response, family maintenance, family reunification,
and permanent placement services.  The training shall be developed
in consultation with the Child Welfare Training Advisory Board and
domestic violence victims' advocates and other public and private
agencies that provide programs for victims of domestic violence or
programs of intervention for perpetrators.
